Paring device.



No. 818,276. PATENTED APR.17, 1906. W A. MGGORMAGK. PARING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1905.

'aawentoz WILLIAM A. MOOORMACK. OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

PARING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed May 19, 1905. Serial No. 261,227.

To (ti/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. McCon- MACK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bloomin ton, in the county of McLean and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paring Devices,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in vegetable parers and slicersand is arranged for convenient ready use for the purpose designed.

The main object of the present invention resides in the production of adevice of the character described having an operatingblade constructedof a single piece of mate rial arranged and adapted for the readyparjrig and slicing of vegetables, fruits, or the The preferred detailsof structure of my invention will be described in detail in thefollowing specification, reference being had particularly to thedrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the im provedparer and slicer constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isa transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Referring to the drawings,wherein like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout boththe views, my improved parer and slicer comprises a handle 1, to whichis secured the operating-blade 2. The blade 2 is made of a single stripof material bent to provide a central web 3 and blades & and 5,projecting in opposite directions and in parallel planes from therespective side edges of the central Web 3. By preference the blade 4,which forms the slicing-blade, is of slightly less vertical dimensionthan the blade 5, which forms the paring-blade, and former terminatesslightly in rear of the forward free edge of the central web 3, theblade 5 terminating coincidently with said end.

The Web 3 is provided with an elongated slot 6, slightly less in lengththan the len th of said web and including practically the ll width ofthe web. By this construction the edge of the blade 4. adjacent the webis free for the greater portion of its length, as clearly shown in thedrawings, and this edge is sharpened, as at 7, to provide for slicingvegetables, as hereinafter described.

The blade 5 is formed adjacent the handle I with a narrow elongated slot8, said slot being arranged longitudinally of the blade and about midwayits height, being of a length to include a desirable paring width. Thelower wall of this slot is sharpened, as at 9, to provide a paring edge.

The free end of the web and also the con tiguous end of the blade 5 arerounded, as at 10, and sharpened, providing an angular construction toserve in removing eyes from potatoes.

The central web 3 is terminally projected beyond the rear end of theblades 4 and 5 and serves as a medium for connecting the plate as awhole to the handle 1.

The construction described provides blades extending in oppositedirections and in offset planes from a central web 3, preferablyarranged transversely of the handle.

In use for paring the blade 5 is brought into contact with an articleand passed therearound. The cutting edge 9 of the slot 8 serves to parea thin layer from the article, which passes as it is severed through theslot to the rear of the blade 5. In using the deviceas a slicer thecutting ed e 7 of the blade 4 is brought into operation, slicing thematerial in layers equal in thickness to the width of the web 3. I It isobvious that the web 3 may be made of any desired, width whereby tolimit the thickness of the slices cut in the use of the device and that,if preferred, the lower wall or cutting edge of the slot 8 may beslightly off set from the upper edge to provide for an increasedthickness of paring.

It will be noted that the device as a whole is constructed of a singlestrip of material suitably bent and shaped and when constructed asdescribed is efficient for paring and slicing vegetables, fruits, or thelike.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A arer and slicer comprising a central web, and blades projected inparallel planes from the opposite edges of said web, said bladesextending longitudinally of the web.

2. A parer and slicer comprising a paringblade, a slicing-bladeextending in a plane parallel with the paring-blade, and a web extendinglongitudinally of the blades and arranged at a right angle thereto.

3. A parer and slicer comprising blades ar ranged in parallel offsetplanes, a web extending longitudinally of the blades and joining theopposite edges thereof, one of the blades being formed with an elongatedslot havin one of its walls sharpened.

4. A parer and slicer comprising blades ar- IIO ranged in parallel andoffset planes, a web oifset planes, a web extending longitudinallyextending longitudinally of and joining said of and joining said blades,the free end of blades, and arranged at right angles thereto, said weband the adjacent end of one of the said web being cut away for a portionof its blades being sharpened.

5 length to free the edge of one of said blades, In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 15 the other of said blades being formed with a inpresence of two witnesses.

longitudinally-arranged slot having one Wall WILLIAM A. MOCORMACK.sharpened. l/Vitnesses 5. A parer and slicer comprising a paring- GEORGEF. JORDAN,

10 blade and a slicing-blade arranged in parallel JOSEPHINE L.MoOoRMAoK.

